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commentr/StutterSep 17, 2025
1 points

I'm 16,I don't want to involve my parents, because if they do, they'll send me to a school for students with special needs. If that happens, my whole life will be over...

Emotional ExperienceSchool & Work
Helplessness & AgencySchool & Academic Life
commentr/StutterSep 17, 2025
1 points

I am also a software engineer and this stuttering is holding me back from growing in my career. I feel I am very much capable of doing stuff and delivering projects but because of stuttering I don't t...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional ExperienceSchool & Work
Avoidance & SubstitutionHelplessness & AgencyEmployment & Career
commentr/StutterSep 17, 2025
1 points

Yeah another toxic positivity bs . Stuttering is a disability, if gives you tons of limitations ,most of what you can't even control....

Emotional ExperienceIdentity & Disability
Helplessness & AgencyMedicalization / Neurodiversity
commentr/StutterSep 16, 2025
8 points

I'm a software engineer at a big tech company where talking is very much a common, daily requirement (much more than I would have thought so). I have always and still very much do live my life in fear...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCauses & VariabilityEmotional Experience
Hiding & ConcealmentStress & Fight/FlightHelplessness & Agency+2 more
postr/StutterSep 16, 2025
5 points

Why do I mostly only stutter when I’m anxious

Why do I mostly only stutter when I’m anxious I think I started stuttering after the Covid lockdown ? Before that I never did. It only really happens when I’m anxious, never around family or friends. ...

Emotional Experience
Anxiety & Social JudgmentHelplessness & Agency
postr/StutterSep 16, 2025
5 points

stutter & employment

stutter & employment Hi! My first post here (25F). I’ve been long-term unemployed as a result of PTSD and I’m struggling to get a job. I make it through the written application, but when it comes to t...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional ExperienceSchool & Work
Avoidance & SubstitutionShame & EmbarrassmentAnxiety & Social Judgment+2 more
commentr/StutterSep 16, 2025
3 points

Be kind to yourself and ask for support sooner. You're doing your best and you aren't a failure for something that is so hard to manage. You deserve to be heard, stutter or not....

Community & SupportEmotional Experience
Validation & EmpathyHelplessness & AgencyHope & Motivation
postr/StutterSep 16, 2025
1 points

Thumb injury and stuttering

Thumb injury and stuttering I had been exercising, I made some kind of improvement, then a week ago I had thumb injury. I don't know because of pain or medicine, my stuttering goes through roof, I am ...

Emotional ExperienceMeds & Substances
Sadness & HopelessnessHelplessness & AgencyHarmful Med Outcomes
commentr/StutterSep 16, 2025
5 points

At this point I live out of spite. That is the only thing that keeps me going. I have nothing else...

Emotional Experience
Frustration & AngerHelplessness & Agency
commentr/StutterSep 15, 2025
15 points

I hear you, friend. I mourn the life I could’ve had too. Just don’t get addicted to the self-pitying, it feels good to vent every now and then, but I still try to live the life I do have in a way that...

Emotional ExperienceIdentity & Disability
Sadness & HopelessnessHelplessness & AgencyAcceptance & Pride
postr/StutterSep 15, 2025
24 points

There is no fighting this anymore

There is no fighting this anymore Everyday I think to myself, “why me?” Why was I chosen for this godforsaken virus that plagues me everyday. Why is it so hard for me but so easy for everyone else? Wh...

Emotional Experience
Frustration & AngerSadness & HopelessnessHelplessness & Agency
postr/StutterSep 15, 2025
13 points

I hate myself

I hate myself I recently managed to secure a corporate job but I have a condition called dysarthria which makes me stutter and slur some of my words and I just want to say how much I hate it and what ...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional ExperienceIdentity & Disability
Avoidance & SubstitutionShame & EmbarrassmentSadness & Hopelessness+3 more
commentr/StutterSep 15, 2025
3 points

I failed an interview once cause the manager said I don't have enough confidence to do retail sales. I have a ton of qualifications, but they are all null and void with this curse....

Emotional ExperienceSchool & Work
Shame & EmbarrassmentHelplessness & AgencyEmployment & Career
commentr/StutterSep 15, 2025
0 points

you can just go to the wilderness and not communicate with anyone and not work. as an option, live as a downshifter...

Emotional Experience
Helplessness & Agency
postr/StutterSep 15, 2025
15 points

dont feel like a human being

dont feel like a human being i dropped out collage (due certain events includes my stutter) 2 years ago and started trading made good amount of money still doing. I didnt spend time with anyone who is...

Emotional ExperienceSchool & Work
Sadness & HopelessnessHelplessness & AgencyEmployment & Career
commentr/StutterSep 15, 2025
1 points

U can always pay for it so u wont be a virgin if that is so important for u. There are bigger things in life than sex. Dating as a male is extremely hard these days. Stuttering makes it 100x times har...

Social & RelationshipsEmotional Experience
Dating & RomanceHelplessness & Agency
postr/StutterSep 15, 2025
1 points

This doomeristic thought is Killing

This doomeristic thought is Killing I'm 17 right now and this thought that I'll have to live my entire life not being able to make jokes not being able to tell stories being scared at every moment lik...

Emotional ExperienceIdentity & Disability
Sadness & HopelessnessHelplessness & AgencySuicidal Ideation & High Distress+1 more
postr/StutterSep 14, 2025
15 points

How I experience stuttering and its impact on my life. Anyone can relate?

How I experience stuttering and its impact on my life. Anyone can relate? Stuttering prevents me from living fulfilling social interactions and enjoying positive life experiences. I notice this in thr...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional Experience
Anticipating StutteringAvoidance & SubstitutionShame & Embarrassment+2 more
commentr/StutterSep 13, 2025
1 points

Same thing happened with me not from my parents but from my sisters . I also wanna get the hell out from my home....

Emotional Experience
Frustration & AngerHelplessness & Agency
commentr/StutterSep 13, 2025
3 points

Thanks. What I’ve wanted most for a big part of my life is to become independent and get away from them...

Emotional Experience
Helplessness & Agency